[bisq-network/projects] Message board for multi-protocol project (working title Misq) (#51)

[chimp1984]

Maybe I share as well my preliminary rough ideas about identity in the new model.

The network will operate on a network node identity (for routing, peer management) which is not used for higher level communication. This identity (onion address) will have a medium lifetime (e.g. 1 month) before being renewed. It is mainly useful to find past peers for bootstrapping.

Any higher level communication (offers) get its isolated address and key pairs, e.g. each offer has a different onion address and keys. 

There will be an identiy key as well which is under full control of the user. They can choose to keep them longterm for building up reputation but that likely comes with some level of decreased privacy. Or they can choose to not use it ay all so they appear always like a totally new user. Maybe there will be multipe such identities so users can selectively expose one identity in one context (e.g. for fiat trades) and another one for other contexts (e.g. altcoin trades or engaing in chat conversations).
Those identities can serve for security (e.g. BSQ bonds), access control (e.g. vouchers for message boards entries), spam protection,...
Areas with risks of abuse (message board, chats) might have a "report" feature and local ban lists. So you always can block an abusing users identity and/or report them to a group of moderators who can investigate and add them to their ban list. Any user can subscribe to such ban lists of moderators or just their own.

So this should serve as decentralized moderation model which will heavily depend on the costs of creating new identies. 
So users who prefer max. privacy might be excluded from those features or need to pay for access via a bond. E.g. if one cannot provide any reputation he need to use money as collateral instead.

As said those are very rough ideas but I think those will help in many areas and play nicely into the social aspect (e.g. bootstapping by getting vouchers from friends).

Of course the privacy protection will always stay in the center and those who do not want to use such identites need to pay via a monetary contribution. I fear in a perfect anonymous space certain features would never work as costs for abuse are zero, at least not if it scales up.    

 

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